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Shawn Mendes

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In 2013, Shawn Mendes surfed the rising wave of social media to share some of his songs through the Vine app, posting videos a few seconds long. His natural talent and growing popularity suddenly led to a contract with Island Records. His single, Life of the Party, then climbed to the top of the charts and had him opening for Taylor Swift’s 1989 World Tour. This very prolific artist wasted no time releasing albums that made him the top prize winner of the 24th MTV Europe Music Awards. In the category of best artist, he even won against heavyweights like Ed Sheeran and Miley Cyrus. A teen idol!